Author: Salizhan Abdraimov

Kyrgyzstan’s indigenous horses, adapted to the country’s high-mountain terrain, are at risk of extinction. For the herd of horses owned by Kyrgyz farmer Talgarbek, the chilly, 2,700-meter-high Bolgart Valley is a familiar and comfortable home. These indigenous horses, sometimes referred to simply as the Kyrgyz horse, are renowned for hardiness and steadiness on their feet, despite their slight stature. Yet their biggest advocates are convinced that they now face an extinction threat. “According to confirmed archaeological data, they are at least 4,000 years old,” claimed Bolotbek Toktosunov of Kyrgyzstan’s Academy of Sciences, who has dedicated the last decade to researching…

While nomadic communities of yurt-living, horse-riding sheep herders are still thriving in the most remote valleys of Kyrgyzstan, the capital city shows a different facet of this little-known nation. Built from scratch during the Soviet era, Bishkek is packed with a well-preserved collection of modernist concrete experiments. Although the country gained independence from the USSR in 1991, the ferro-concrete modernist buildings and architectural oddities that have characterized the Soviet era can still be admired today in all their brutal glory. Here are 14 of the most unique ones. 1. National History Museum (Former Lenin Museum) Marking the heart of the city, Bishkek’s…

History of the city The appearance of man on the territory of a modern city dates back to ancient times. The finds of stone tools at the Alamedin hydroelectric power station testify to the existence of primitive people in the vicinity of Bishkek in the 5-4 millennia BC. At the end of the 2nd millennium BC, tribes of the Bronze Age settled on the present territory of the city. They were engaged in herding cattle, agriculture, pottery and metallurgical crafts. With the beginning of the Iron Age, tribal unions were formed on the territory of Kyrgyzstan: The Saka tribe (7-3…

British Challenger 2 tanks arrived in Ukraine. Together with them, the military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine returned home, who were trained to manage them for several weeks in the UK.  In total, London sent 14 of the 28 promised tanks, as well as several Bulldog armored personnel carriers and self-propelled artillery mounts. One of the first who met the Challengers and even had a test drive was Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov. A few hours before, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed that the long-awaited 18 Leopard 2 tanks had also arrived in Ukraine. Both Challenger 2 and Leopard…

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik – 27th March, 2023) Emerging and developing countries in Europe and Central Asia may enter into a decade of disappointing economic growth mainly because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the conflict in Ukraine, the World Bank said on Monday. “The region is at risk of facing another decade of disappointing growth, as the pandemic and invasion of Ukraine inflict damage to the underlying drivers of long-term growth – especially labor productivity – by weakening investment, disrupting supply chains, hindering innovation, and scarring human capital through sustained education and job losses,” the World Bank said in…

Ahsan Zafar Bakhtawari President of the Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) on Monday requested the Embassy of Pakistan in Tajikistan to cooperate with the private sector in promoting trade and exports. He said that Tajikistan is a gateway for Pakistan in Central Asia and Pakistan can significantly improve its business relations with these countries by establishing close relations with Tajikistan. He said this while talking to Muhammad Saeed Sarwar, ambassador-designate of Pakistan to Tajikistan during his visit to ICCI. Ahsan Bakhtawari said that Tajikistan is an import-based country and Pakistan can export many products to it including textiles,…

Two cases of measles were registered in St. Petersburg among migrants from Tajikistan, they were not vaccinated against this infection . “Currently, 11 cases of measles have been laboratory confirmed in St. Petersburg, of which seven cases occur in children, which is almost 64%. All the sick people in our country were not previously vaccinated against measles and the first two cases were imported from Tajikistan,” she said . Delovoy Petersburg” Irina Kataeva, head of the epidemiological surveillance department of the St. Petersburg Rospotrebnadzor. She stressed that  clean-up immunization will begin in the northern capital of the Russian Federation on April 1. The representative of…

The clash comes against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war and fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Kyrgyz and Tajik border guards have exchanged fire after a dispute over the border between the two Central Asian nations, officials on both sides said. The clash on Wednesday, which took place on the eve of a regional security body meeting and against the background of fighting between Russia and Ukraine as well as Azerbaijan and Armenia, started after Kyrgyz border guards accused the Tajiks of taking positions at a part of the border that has not been demarcated. The Tajik side said in a statement…

I celebrated one of the happiest days of my life when I married my soulmate surrounded by family and friends. Three months later the Taliban took control of my country, Afghanistan. I was happy and proud of the life I had built. I finished my degree in law and political sciences and landed a job tutoring at university. While I prepared to study for my Master’s degree, my husband excelled in his job as a reporter. On weekends, I would ride horses in the park or we would share tea and homemade meals with our family and friends. But in…

At least six people have been killed after a suicide bomber detonated explosives near Afghanistan’s foreign ministry in Kabul, the second attack near the ministry this year, according to officials. The attacker was targeted by Afghan forces but the explosives he carried detonated and “killed six civilians and wounded a number of others”, ministry spokesman Abdul Nafy Takor tweeted on Monday. Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said the suicide attacker was identified at a security checkpoint near the ministry. “In Malik Asghar Square … a suicide attacker before reaching the target was identified at a checkpoint and killed, but his…